Anno is a brand-new composition by one of the most inventive composers writing today. Combining and intertwining Vivaldi’s four well-known seasonal concerti, The Four Seasons, with her own new electronic compositions, Anna Meredith has created one continuous, hour-long, fresh experience of the original Baroque masterpiece for string orchestra and electronics.

The world premiere will add an extra dimension. Stepping into a dark, transformed world, the audience will experience a year in an hour, surrounded by musicians and projections as a circle of powerful sound and light merges, collides, intersplices and cocoons. The result will be one continuous, hour-long, live experience for the ears and the eyes.

Students: £5
Under 26s / jobseekers: £11.25

Approximate running time: 60 minutes (no interval)

Supported by Cockayne – Grants for the Arts, John S. Cohen Foundation, Hinrichsen Foundation, The Leche Trust, The London Community Foundation, Lord Phillimore’s Charitable Trust, Radcliffe Trust, RVW Trust and an anonymous donor

Scottish Ensemble

Founded in 1969 and based in Glasgow, SE is built around a core of 12 outstanding string players who perform together under Artistic Director Jonathan Morton (also Leader of the London Sinfonietta). SE inspires audiences in the UK and beyond with vibrant performances which are powerful, challenging and rewarding experiences. By performing in as many different places as possible and to as many different people as possible – from concerts with world-class soloists in international concert halls, to pop-up performances in shopping centres, to site-specific or cross-artform events – SE aims to make classical music a relevant, essential part of life for more people.

As the UK’s leading professional string orchestra, SE is also committed to championing the string repertoire, and has commissioned new works from composers such as John Tavener, James MacMillan, Sally Beamish and Martin Suckling amongst others in recent years, as well as working with guest artists such as trumpeter Alison Balsom, tenor Toby Spence, cellist Pieter Wispelwey and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja.

SE also seeks out collaborations with musicians from different traditions, performing alongside Scottish folk mu­sicians Catriona McKay, Chris Stout, and Aly Bain; DJ and electronic producer Alex Smoke; Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto and American bassist Edgar Meyer. In 2014, SE collaborated with one of Scotland’s leading artists, Toby Paterson, in an ambitious, cross artform project bringing together music, art and architecture. The event was performed at a previously-derelict Modernist landmark in Glasgow, to great critical acclaim.

Alongside performances across Scotland, SE presents an annual series of concerts at London’s Wigmore Hall and has appeared at BBC Proms and the Edinburgh International, Aldeburgh and St Magnus Festivals. Recent invitations to tour abroad have resulted in engagements in Turkey, Taiwan, China, the USA, Brazil and throughout Europe.